FAQs on camera states and controls: Google Nest Hub Max

Your Nest Hub Max is equipped with a camera that enables experiences such as video calling with Duo, dwelling house monitoring with the born Nest Cam and more than.

Photographic camera States

In that location are three photographic camera states on Nest Hub Max:

  1. Streaming: Your Nest Hub Max is streaming video when yous are on a video call, recording a video message or using the born Nest Cam. Yous'll ever run into a green LED indicator low-cal when the photographic camera is in this state.
  2. Sensing: In this state, the camera is capturing frames, analyzing them and throwing them away to decide if there's anything useful that the device can exercise. Yous make up one's mind when you set upwardly the device whether yous desire camera sensing features like Face Match and Quick Gestures to be enabled.
  3. Off: The camera can be turned off via two methods: the first is a software control that tin be accessed via the quick settings tray on the device, and the second is via the physical mic and camera switch on the dorsum of the device. When the hardware switch is toggled off, you'll see an orangish indicator lite next to the camera.

Turning the Photographic camera and Microphone off on your Nest Hub Max

Users can plow the camera off, or disable both the camera and microphone directly on their Nest Hub Max. When this is done, other members of your household will not be able to remotely plough on the photographic camera or microphone.

  • To turn off the camera, on the Nest Hub Max device, swipe upward from the bottom of the screen and tap Cameracamera icon.
  • To disable both the camera and microphone, toggle the switch on the device to the off position.

Notation: While the microphone is disabled, you won't exist able to employ voice commands. While the camera is disabled, y'all won't be able to use the built-in Nest Cam or any camera sensing features, including Quick Gestures and Face Lucifer.

Nest Hub Max LED States

Solid Green Solid green light

Born Nest Cam is turned on.

Or

You are in a video call or recording a message.

Blinking Green Blinking green light A member of your household is currently viewing
Nest Cam's live view.
Orange Orange LED Both the camera and microphone have been disabled
by the switch on the back of the device.
No LED LED off

The congenital-in Nest Cam has been turned off from the app
and is not currently monitoring. Other features such as Quick
Gestures and Face Match notwithstanding work if camera sensing is enabled.

Or

The camera has been completely disabled from the settings tray
on the Nest Hub Max. In this case, all photographic camera features such as
Face up Match and the congenital-in Nest Cam are also disabled. You'll
see a crossed out photographic camera iconCamera off icon on your Hub Max dwelling house screen
if the camera has been disabled.

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